Railway wagon-stanchion and the like.



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RAILWAY WAGON STANGHION AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. 1907.

No. 879,042. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

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RAILWAY WAGON STANCHION AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY13. 1907.

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RAILWAY WAGON-STANCHION AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed May 13, 1907. Serial No. 373,454.

riveted or bolted direct on the underframe,

and. when sockets are employed the stanchions are usually connected to the under frame by chains with the object of preventing them being detached from the wagon and mislaid. It is, however, found that the stanchions when unshipped are dropped by the men and the chains broken by being thus dropped or when dangling from their chains, loss of stanchions frequently resulting.

Platform w'agons for conveying rails, timber and the like are provided with longer stanchions of the same kind, and in some cases wagons with doors turning about vertical hinges are held closed by stops which, like the stanchions already referred to, are fitted into sockets and are connected to the underframe by chains. These stanchions and stops are also liable to be broken away from the wagon.

Now it is the object of this invention to so arrange stanchions, stops and the like in connection with railway wagons and other vehicles that they can be moved-easily into and out of their operative positions and shall be less liable to be broken away than heretofore usual. For this purpose stanchions, stops or the like are connected to the wagon underframes by pin and slot or equivalent connections which provide for a vertical movement of the stanchions, stops or the like in relation to sockets adapted to receive and hold them in position for use and also for a movement which enables them to be turned into and out of out-of-the-way positions without serious risk of detachment. The slot can be in the stanchion and the pin riveted into the sockets or brackets or vice versa.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a ballast wagon, the hinged sides and ends of which are supported in their upright positions by stanchions according to this invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation showing one of the stanchions to a larger scale; Fig. 3 is a section on the line a a Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a plan corresponding to Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing a pair of wagon doors locked by a stop according to this invention.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, a, a are stanchions of tee section which, when supporting the hinged sides 7. fit into sockets formed by suitably bent angle plates 0 secured to the sole bar (1 of the wagon underframe. As will be seen from Figs. 2, 3 and 4 the lower portion of the web of each stanchion is formed with a slot 6 through which extends a transverse pin 7 that is riveted in the angle plates 0, which are spaced a art to receive the web of the stanchion anc are bent outwardly at g to allow the flanges of the stanchion to pass between parts of them and the sole bar to which they are riveted.

The lower parts of the flanges of the stanchion are cut away and the corners of its web are rounded as shown so that, upon lifting the stanchion as far out of its socket as is per mitted by the pin and slot connection, it can be swung outwardly and downwardly and allowed to hang in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the wagon side then be ing free to turn about its hinge to the dotted position. The capping of the hinged wagon side is recessed at h to enable each stanchion to be moved vertically into and out of its socket.

The pin and slot connections between the stanchions and their sockets do not take outward or side thrusts which are taken by the sockets as heretofore, the connections being merely to prevent the stanchions being com- ,pletely separated from their sockets while leaving them free to be inserted and withdrawn therefrom as may be required.

Stanchions for flat wagons are similarly constructed and arranged.

Fig. 5 illustrates a pair of wagon doors locked by a stop t which fits into a socket and is connected thereto by a pin and slot connection as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. the claims the word stanchion is intended to include stops and like devices.

Vhat I claim is stanchion, a socket therefor adapted to be secured to awagon, and a pivotal connection directly connecting the stanchion and socket and itself adapted to permit both vertical 1. The combination of a railway wagon movement ofthe stanchion in relation to the socket and turning movement about said connection in a plane at an angle to the face of the socket that lies against the wagon.

2. The combination of a railway wagon stanchion, a socket therefor adapted to be secured to a wagon, and a pin and slot connection between them adapted to permit both vertical movement of the stanchion in relation to the socket and turning movement of the stanchion about said connection in a plane at an angleto the face of the socket that lies against the wagon, as set forth.

3. The combination of a railway wagon stanchion, a socket therefor adapted to be secured to a wagon, and a pin and slot connection between them adapted to permit both vertical movement of the stanchion in relation to the socket and turning movement of the stanchion about said connection in a plane at an angle to the face of the socket that lies against the wagon, the pin being fixed in the socket and the slot being formed in the stanchion, as set forth.

4. The combination of a railway wagon stanchion, a socket therefor adapted to be secured to a wagon, and a pivotal connection directly connecting the stanchion and socket and itself adapted to permit both vertical movement of the stanchion in relation to the socket and turning movement about said connection through one hundred and eighty degrees.

5. The combination of a railway wagon stanchion, a socket therefor adapted to be secured to a wagon, and a pivotal connection directly connecting the stanchion and socket and itself adapted to permit both vertical movement of the stanchion in relation to the socket and turning movement ab out said connection outwardly from an upwardly extending operative position to a depending inoperative position.

6. In a railway wagon stanchion, the combination of a stanchion of tee section, a socket adapted to fit the stanchion, a pin fixed to the socket and a slot through which the pin extends in the web part of the stanchion, as set forth.

7. In a railway wagon stanchion, the combination of a stanchion of tee section, its lower part being without flanges and with rounded corners, a socket adapted to fit the stanchion and having an opening corresponding to the web of the stanchion, and a pin and slot connection between the stanchion and socket as set forth. 7

8. A railway wagon stanchion comprising a stanchion a of tee section with a slot 6 in its web, a socket formed of plates 0 spaced apart, a pin f fixed in the plates 0 and extending across the space between them and through the slot e, as set forth.

Signed at Aldermans House Bishopsgate in the city of London, this third day ofMay, 1907.

CHARLES HEYLAND FOX.

Witnesses:

S. R. GARDNER, CHAS. R. MAYO. 

